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  Updates to the 2025 Fruit Management Guide

  Published on April 1, 2025
  Summary of pesticide label additions, clarifications and corrections to the 2025 MSU Fruit Management Guide (E-154).

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  Chestnut Orchard Establishment Workshop

  Published on February 27, 2017
  Join us to learn about commercial chestnut production in Michigan this April 2017!

• East Michigan fruit update – July 5, 2017

  Published on July 5, 2017
  Much needed rain came to Lenawee and Monroe counties. Harvest continues for sweet and tart cherries, summer red raspberries and saskatoons. Strawberry harvest continues at a few farms.

• Mice and vole populations are building in many orchards

  Published on February 14, 2014
  Some feeding damage by mice and voles is starting to be seen in fruit orchards.

• Controlling powdery mildew in tart cherry orchards with reduced crop

  Published on May 3, 2012
  Growers can minimize powdery mildew infections with early, well-timed applications in orchards with light crops.

• New MSU web resource for cherry growers

  Published on May 6, 2008
  

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update — Aug. 29, 2017

  Published on August 29, 2017
  Peach harvest is winding down. Apple harvest picking up with Gala harvest.

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  Southeast Michigan fruit update – April 11, 2023

  Published on April 11, 2023
  Emergence from dormancy in a wet spring.

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  Control alternatives for borer pests of tree fruits

  Published on June 7, 2022
  Trunk-boring insects that infest fruit trees can be challenging to manage. With chlorpyrifos no longer allowed on bearing fruit trees, tools that remain need attention to timing and may not work for all borer species or be available for use in all crops.

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  East Michigan fruit update – June 16, 2020

  Published on June 16, 2020
  Strawberry harvest has begun with strong consumer demand for ready picked and pick your own berries. Even with some rain over the last week, many areas have slipped into drought conditions.

• Northwest Michigan fruit update – May 23, 2017

  Published on May 23, 2017
  Growers are considering their options for apple thinning and pest and disease management for the coming week.

• East Michigan fruit update – Sept. 2, 2020

  Published on September 2, 2020
  Much needed rain moved over the region in the past week. Apple harvest for fall varieties has started. Brown marmorated stink bug feeding damage in apples is more common.

• Check labels for pre-harvest intervals

  Published on August 28, 2017
  You cannot harvest a crop before a pre-harvest interval (PHI) expires.

• Fungicide protection for ripening tart cherries with European brown rot blossom blight symptoms

  Published on June 21, 2013
  Protection of tart cherries from European brown rot infection is critical in 2013. Here are Michigan State University Extension recommendations on fungicide use strategies.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit regional report – May 20, 2014

  Published on May 20, 2014
  Apple bloom is ending and blueberry flowers are opening across Southwest Michigan.

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  Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – June 18, 2024

  Published on June 18, 2024
  A hot start to summer.

• East Michigan fruit regional report – May 24, 2016

  Published on May 24, 2016
  Fire blight is still a concern for apple growers for the rest of the week. We had three frost events in the past week, but no flower bud damage is expected.

• Where do you go for MSU apple and cherry information?

  Published on April 30, 2013
  Your input is needed for updating websites for commercial apple and cherry information.

• Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – July 9, 2019

  Published on July 9, 2019
  Hot and humid weather brings on the diseases and insects.

• Cherry leaf spot management at second and third cover timings

  Published on June 13, 2017
  Recent reports of cherry leaf spot infections in northwest Michigan orchards range from substantial to low infections at this time.